The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1887-08-25

MARRIED HIS SISTERS DAUGHTEI
In Marietta last April and is now Ar.
rested.

MARRIED HIS SISTERS DAUGHTER
In Marietta last April and is now Ar.
rested.
The sheriff of Meriwether county
last week telegraphed to the chief of
police in Atlanta and had Rufus s.
Malone arrested. Malone came to
Marietta last April and hired him
SELF as blacksmith to Reid & Gram
ling. He gave his name as Gordon
and boarded with Rev. DIR. b. Low
rey's family. His sister Mrs. II. q.
Clark, in Meriwether county, had a
a lovely daughter, who of course was
Malones niece, and to this lady Ma
lone was attentive when visiting the
family. Nothing, however, was
thought of his attentions and the
young fine looking blacksmith was
welcome visitor.
In April last Miss Clark went to
Atlanta to visit Miss Lambert at IS
Chapel street. On the 18th of the
month Molono, alias Gordon, inform
ed his employers in Marietta that he
wished to 60 to Atlanta to meet his
intended bride. He went to Allan
ia and returned in the afternoon
with the young lady. The marriage
ceremony was performed by the Rev.
b. Lowrey at his residence, and by
the license the minister thought he
was marrying Mr. Gordon to Miss
Clark. After the ceremony, Malone
went back to work at the anvil and
his bride returned TO her friends in
Atlanta. Malone worked on in Ma
rietta few days when he left and Join
ed his bride in Atlanta, and they
journeyed to the home of the parents
OF the lady in Meriwether. They
kept their marriage secret and as un-
Gle and niece they were received.
After few days at the Clark home
Malone went to Jackson, Butts coun-
ty and picking up his hammer began
pounding a living out of the red hot
iron. Ten days later he went to see
his sisters family again and remain
ed few days. His parting then with
his wife was to all the separating Of
uncle and niece. Another ten days
he made another visit and secured an
audience with his sister and her hus-
band and informed them that he had
married her daughter. The news
was an unpleasant surprise, and for
a short time the scene was anything
but pleasant. The brother. in-law
WAC found himself the brother-in-l
to his own daughter, and the sister
who found herself the mother-in-law
of her own brother finally gave in,
acknowledged the marriage, and the
terribly mixed up family took up
the thread Of life again. Malone
made his visit short, and when he
went back to Jackson carried his
bride with him. They loved each
other fondly, and every day made
them better satisfied with what they
had done. On Saturday last two
weeks ago, August 9th, Mrs. Malone
went to visit her parents. AS she
entered the house she was greeted
by her mother, who had become her
sister-ip-law, aud by her father, who
had married her husbands sister.
Soon after she reached her parental
home she ascertained that the people
living near her parents felt greatly
outraged at what had occurred and
that threats were freely made against
the man who was both her husband
and her uncle: Fearing that the
people would visit her husband and
give him trouble, she wrote him
letter and advised him to leave. lie
received the letter Thursday last and
lett Jackson at once, coming to At
lanta after two or three stogs,
Now" said the prisoner to a
Constitution reporter, you say this
Is against the law?'',
CHATS what | said"
''Then what can they 90 with me Z"
81 am no lawyer and can't tell.
But why did you marry under an as
sumed name"
81 did that because we didn't want
her parents 20 know anything about
it just then. But l went to see a
lawyer, and he told me the marriage
was legal"
"WhY didn't you want her parents
to know it,"
ooh, just didn't. Why II. G.
Clark, who is my sisters husband
and my wife's father, has a brother
Turner Clark, VINO married his own
brothers daughter, twenty years ago,
and nothing was said about that
Savannah News: Those parties
who ignore their home industries